By 1770, and possibly earlier. County We all had a great time at the first event when Andy gathered old and young together in a big square to start the dancing! There, under the command of a Capt. Samuel Russell and his ship The Scorpion came across from Scotland and traveled up what is now thw Cape Fear Riverand created the town Russellboroughwill someone plz see why this important family was left off the mapthanks. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseleys is said to be the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports, according to the ECU Special Collections website. DAVIDSON three more tours of three months each. Unpublished book-length manuscript. GEOGE DAVIDSON JR File #1825. Friends I bid you farewell for I am started to the warm country. to Jacob Zinck, Rowan County, NC was the beginning of the Sink roots in what is now Davidson County. Originally named Zion, the name was changed out of pride in a pipe organ built by hand by one, John Stirewalt, a member of the congregation. 1 William Doub Bennett of Rocky Mount and Raleigh has been involved in genealogical research for nearly 55 years. Continuing into the 20th century Rowan was the home of renowned educator and womens rights activist Elizabeth Duncan Koontz. Adolph Nussman, who was a young man, married Barbara Layerly, daughter of one of the men who brought him from Germany, and settled down in the Organ community. Thomas Gillespie (North Carolina plantation owner The population was also among the most diverse with some estimates placing the German population as high as 30 percent. The Consistory of Hanover commissioned Reverend Adolph Nussman as pastor and Professor John Gottfried Arndt of Helmstaedt University as teacher, and the two men accompanied the frontier representatives back to North Carolina, arriving in 1773. Happy to see the Perrys and Slades of our family listed. BENJAMIN DAVIDSON. All pre-Revolutionary militia officers fought at Kings Mountain on the patriot side. Looking for early settlers Parramoresdecendents of John Parramore who came to the eastern shore of va in 1622 Powell, William Stevens. More citation information can be found at https://libguides.ecu.edu/citation. During this period, the greater parts of the states of Georgia and South Carolina had been overrun by the British forces, and parts of North Carolina were strongly under British control. Though said Samuel lived near this fort during the Revolution, he supposedly moved downstream to John McDOWELL's Swan Pond tract area. Division of In the summer of 1780, the father, a Captain, brought his company into Burke County and compelled his son through persuasion and "by menaces," to join his group and support British Major Patrick FERGUSON. When did they come to NC and from where. Franklin has remained the county seat since 1855. From the small but vital academies like Crowfield and the Female Academy to the Freedmans School funded by the Friends Philadelphia Freedmans Aid Society, the Crescent and later Livingstone and Catawba Colleges, education remained vital. Because of his keen interest in North Carolina history and genealogy, he spends most of his spare time in researching at the N.C. State Archives. Beginning with Burke County land grants to Thomas BROWN, father-in-law of Josiah BRANDON and continuing with the various DAVIDSONs, it soon became obvious that this land lay in what is now McDowell County. The one bit of information which the papers failed to disclose is of major importance to this genealogical puzzle the first name of Captain BRANDON, the father of Josiah. A few of these were created as a colonial imitation of the British Peerage. In the early part of the next Spring in 1777 and continuing until the Spring of 1779, he served under Capt. In 1772, the road overseer was responsible for the road from Linville River (some 80 miles west of Salisbury) west to the present town of Old Fort (earlier Upper Fort site). Rowan County, North Carolina, 1790 Census He could not have been at Davidsons (also called) Upper Fort) in the fall of 1780 since he went to Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) and later Blackstocks (November 20, 1780). Their work, and the encouragement of royal governors, touched off a boom in North Carolina that lasted from 1730 to the American Revolution. WALKER, these frontiersmen served for three months as spies and rangers, venturing forth in small detachments to protect the fort and the frontier. His close acquaintances were knowledgeable of his patriot and Loyalist experiences, but him, the stigma of serving as a Tory with his father, followed hin throughout his life. The records did indicate that Josiah had gone to school with one James DAVIDSON, son of William, so Here lie ancestors of many of the present citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties: Barger, Barnhardt, Basinger, Beaver, Bost, Bostian, Boger, Castor, Cline, Cruse, Deal, Drehers, Eddleman, Eller, Fesperman, Fischer, Foil, Foutz, Graeber, Goodman, Heilig, Hipps, House, Holshouser, Isenhour, Josey, Ketner, Ketchey, Klutz, Krimminger, Lentz, Lippard, Linn, Ludwig, Misenheimer, Miller, Overcash, Peeler, Pless, Propst, Rhyne, Roseman, Safrit, Seifert, Shive, Sides, Shue, Shuping, Storch, Stirewalt, Troutman, Winsil, Wilhelm, Whitener, and Yost. Care upon us.. killed and Took every Soul and So My Dear The flow of settlers, however, continued, and although they did not have title to their land, they did have ownership of their improvements, e. g., cleared and fenced fields, barns, and houses, and these improvements were often sold or passed on through inheritance. Recently. A study of the entries, warrants and surveys of land grants in this area provides some insight into the settlement of the land. I checked the entries, warrants and surveys to over 2,000 land grants and all entries in the Entry Book or Burke County (the latter filed in the N.C. State Archives) through the year 1800, and pieced together a tract map along the Catawba River from above Old Fort (Upper Fort site during the Revolution) to below Pleasant Gardens. Entered 3 Aug 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1778 - extending up Newberrys forke and joining McCAFFERTYs place.." Grant #33 in Book 28. p. 33. Rowan County (1753) - North Carolina History Project Major McDOWELL saw, recognized and pardoned the unfortunate youth who had been active in the patriot cause for 3 years, and then had been coerced to fighting for the Loyalists by his father. James Miller from New Castle County, Delaware settled along Fifth Creek in Rowan County, NC. The Family of Elisha Morris of Beaufort County, NC. Davidson College owes much of its stature to the men of Rowan who founded and supported it, among them Maxwell Chambers. This location was part of western Rowan County from 1753 to 1777 and then was in western Burke County from 1777 to 1842, when McDowell was formed in the latter year. Rowan County The term palatine could also be in reference to people living on the lands of these landholders. Rowan County continues to play an important role in the unfolding history of both North Carolina and the nation. In 1776, Josiah BRANDON entered service under Capt. My great great great grand fathers were Hatteras Indian. Spruce Macay, attorney and judge, taught William R. Davie and Andrew Jackson both instrumental in the early years of our republic. Most of the early settlers fled eastward when the French and Indian War erupted, and it was only after peace returned in 1760 that migration resumed. The Early Settlers Association Hi Kenneth! Genealogy Web Creations - All Rights Reserved, Template Design: The descendants of these early Germans have had a solid influence in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. Click on thumbnail to view the larger image. He became a Methodist minister, and about 1805, moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he lived until his death on 5 November 1842. Dobbs selected Colonel Hugh Waddell and his fifty soldiers to be garrisoned at Fort Dobbs (named after the royal governor). GEORGE DAVIDSON, SR. File#1591. Many early North Carolina families are named on the Isaac SHELBY, John SEVIER, Joseph McDOWELL and William CAMPBELL, and proceeded to surround it on the northeastern hump where FERGUSONs forces had moved to concentrate their firepower. The family cemetery is located along the Pamlico. I am looking for information about the George Young family who left Virginia in the late 1700s, stayed in North Carolina temporarily, then proceeded on to Oglethorpe County, Georgia. This fine instrument was the first of its kind in North Carolina, and people came from far and wide to see the organ and hear the majestic tones that resounded from the goblet domed pulpit of Organ Church. Young BRANDON was still under the age of 21 years. Unlawful Negro Marriages, Hyde County, NC 1843. Col. OSBURN was a justice, representing a district which included that part of Rowan on the west and south side of the Catawba River and that part which was east and north of that river, but west of First Little River (today's central Alexander County URL. Entered 2 Sep 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1779 - "joining his own survey that Saml DAVIDSON lives on above ye mill.." Grant #306 in Book 28, p. 305. second-in-command of the British, one Capt. I have been unable to find any place that this tract (#33) was recorded either at the Land Grant Office of the Secretary of North Carolina or in the Burke County Entry Book for that period. Can anyone figure out why that would be? How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? the idea of plotting DAVIDSON and BRANDON land holdings developed as a means of determining who were close neighbors. they were here in the mid 1700s. JAMES EDMISTON. (Source: Some Interesting Colonial Churches in North Carolina, by J. K. Rouse, Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1961.). Please let us know if you have concerns, suggestions or questions. (For more information on how the dancing is different, visit theModern Squares?in the main menu.). The Carolina Watchman, established in 1832, was created as an anti-Jackson Paper. South Carolinians moved north into the Lower Cape Fear region to establish pine plantations with enslaved African labor. WebThe profiles of persons currently included in WikiTree are included in the Category Category:Rowan County, North Carolina, Early Settlerswhen identified. I stated to him it was unnecessary for him to make that part of the statement. BRANDON received his pension, but three years later (1835), one Moses CHAMBERS wrote the Pension Office and complained that the pension allowance was being paid a Tory and should be refunded by the recipient. Sturdy headstones commemorate the individuals, some with data lettered in German with dates prior to the Revolutionary War. Renowned scholars, preachers, patriots and statesmen began careers here. The frontiersmen arrived at the base of Kings Mountain about noon of 7 October under Cols. GEORGE DAVIDSON. Chapter II; The first European settlers. Although we have referred to the British forces versus American patriots in this engagement, only FERGUSON was a British soldier. Unfortunately, many of the county's court records and most of the land records were burned in April 1865 by Federal troops under the command of General George H. STONEHAN. Deed Bk.#5, page 251. If you are doing an assignment, ask your professor which style to use. In August of 1860 Fisher had completed the railroad up to 13 miles east of Morganton. He was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress in 1776. Or one that tells where they lived before Craven County? Just such a situation is found prior to 1790 in what is now McDowell County, N.C. Actually, settlers only had about two or three years after the peace with the Indians to obtain Thank you so much for your comment. He was in several skirmishes among which was that at Blackstock's mill, it reads. //-->, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Even then, most settlements west of Salisbury followed the Catawba downstream rather than upstream. of North Carolina The Rowan Resolves declaring the citizens support of the town of Boston in its bid against the injustices of the British Crown was the beginning of the Revolution for North Carolina. Not being satisfied with this, I have tried to establish Capt. Constructed in 1766, the Old Stone House was built by Michael Braun, a German settler, Entered 4 Nov 1778 & surveyed 13 Nov 1778 - on both sides of the path that leads from the Upper Fort to Swannannoa.." Grant #69 in Book 28. p. 69. I am looking for any Litchfields in the mid to late 1700s. Judge Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company and a colonial judge, along with, Daniel Boone, began their explorations of the western lands that would become Tennessee and Kentucky right here in Rowan around the year 1775. [F] PEQUIMANS PRECINCT between Pequimans and Little Rivers: Clare, Jessup[J], Sutton[C], Nixon, Forster [F], Whidby[R], Bateman, Sanderton, Swann [S], Parish,Bartlet, Hatch[A], Sanderton[A], Catchmaid. Entered 28 Sep 1779 & surveyed 27 Jun 1791 -"beginning near where Henry MORGAN lives.." Grant #1562 in Book 80, p. 43. When Burke County was formed in 1777, court was held at various private residences in the county until 1784, when the county seat was established at Morganstown (now Morganton). As advocates increased representation for the Western part of North Carolina in state government, Charles Fisher urged support for Calhoun and Jackson through the newspaper The Western Carolinian, founded in 1820. Names were Best and Sawyer and others. Heres an important tip: Do NOT use Ctrl-F to try to find your ancestral surnames in this list. As tenant farmers, this rent freed them to work on their own plots and such. Have you been to NC? If so, they paid quit rents to them, as to avoid being required to work on the landowners land and house. I was excited to see that the Norcumb name, and not Norcom, was mentioned on the Mosely Map here: The Norcumb family is a part of my family that has remained a mystery. J. P. Caldwell (1853-1911) was born in Statesville, and he eventually started the Charlotte Observer. Noted Salisburians, Charles F. Fisher, who became president of the Western North Carolina Railroad, John Ellis, Nathaniel Boyden and Burton Craige all took an interest in this growing industry. File #241. Is Rachel Ann Spear really the daughter of James Spear? Samuel and Margaret Blythe had 4 sons and daughters who were baptized at the first Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between the years Rowan County This situation confronts many researchers today as something of a "no-man's land." WebRowan County. Later when the prison became overcrowded and the death rate rose from 2% to 28%, mass graves were used to accommodate the dead. number + 1900 : number; } Rowan has produced supporters of education from the beginning of its existence. DAVIDSON's company moved up the Catawba River and built another temporary fort, called "Upper Fort," now called Old Fort. SUMPTER enlisted the help of able-bodied men to assemble at the Upper Fort. In February 1991, Susan M. Trimble of the North Carolina Colonial Records Project compileda full index to the map, complete with grid locations for the names indexed, and it was published by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Historical Publications Section. Our court records begin in June of 1753. These BRANDONs were extremely active in county affairs: two were Justices of the Peace, one was a coroner another a sheriff, two men were militia captains, and one was a Colonel. They were primarily of Scotch-Irish or German extraction. but most of the records refer to it as the Upper Fort. In the Fall of 1779, he again enlisted, this time as a light horse volunteer under Capt. (Hunt and Titus were married to Smith's nieces.) WebIn 1790, there were 1,742 slaves in 2,432 families in Rowan County. BRANDON returned home to his widowed mother and quickly recovered from his affliction. Military pension records are often extremely valuable in the details provided on military service, as well as personal and family data, and even militia returns establish a person's presence at a particular place and time. Hi, I am Maggie Stewart, the coordinator for the Rowan County NCGenWeb page.This page is part of a nationwide effort to get genealogical information online. Actually, Brandon served under Walker at the fort in the fall of 1781 - a year after Kings Mountain. This assumption resulted from believing that the building erected in 1774 was the stone church, and that the date 1794 in the gable of the building indicated when it was completed. He was a planter in Jamesville, NC. title to the vacant land in the area encompassed by old Burke County. You may do research in immigration records in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. While there was little ownership of land prior to 1778, and there would be even less in the way of confiscated property of Tories, I had noticed that many of the land grants gave the name of the previous occupant. As early as 1740 a few families were located on Such wisdom surfaced when I made a decision to return to the Burke County records. WebThe Salisbury Confederate prison came into being in 1861, and following the first battle of Bull Run at Manassas, Union prisoners of war ( POWs) streamed into Salisbury. The information included in this section was contributed by Brian ebiner (at) aol.com. YELL said later: He told me all in relation to his service with his father at Kings Mountain. WebThe following ancestors have been documented to have been resident, prior to 12 July 1729, in the portion of the Province of Carolina which became North Carolina. Entered 9 Feb 1778 & surveyed 9 Feb 1792 - "Joining and on the northwest of the land he purchased from John NEASBIT the place where James GRAHAM settled" Grant #1891 in Book 85, p. 130. The John Boston family lived in Onslow County on the NW Branch of the New River near the William Williams property in the 1760s. Identifier. It was located about seven miles from the present Organ Church and used jointly by Lutherans and German Reformed. Forests along the Coastal Plain were leveled for farms, settlers poured into the backcountry, and the line of settlement extended to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Expression Web Tutorials & Templates. National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. I am Ken Reason : My Mothers side Patterson is from Scotland then Ireland and all many all over the globe. Farming as well as tobacco and cotton factories were predominant in the 1880s. For more information about the national project, go to the USGenWeb Project.For information about the North Carolina state project, go to the NCGenWeb.. Rowan County was formed in Did you know that only 3% of the American people fall in that 3%? email us atinfo@getupanddance.caor give us a call with questions about modern square dancing, our Club and joining our group, Facebook: People migrate to North America from Asia at irregular intervals by way of the Bering Land Bridge. Expense Account, Rowan County, NC 1790. I find it kind of interesting that Thomas Week(e)s was a keeper of the land titles early on, but his name doesnt appear on the survey. History of Rowan Edith Clark History Room However, the stimulus subsided after the mid-twentieth century. Entered 10 Sep 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1779 - including a meadow it being the same land entered and surveyed Andrew WADS (WOODS) and John NISBIT.. Grant #242 in Book 28, p. 241. countryside below. (accessed November 25, 2011). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. The list below is a wonderful condensed index that I had saved in my archived files on my computer, although, unfortunately, Im unsure of its attribution, so if you know who originally published the list below, please leave a comment in the boxat the bottom of this article. I think Sanderton should be Sanderson. My Greatgrand father was suppose to be born there in 1774 his name was Henry. A history of Rowan County, North Carolina County and all the other participants were Americans. The earliest pioneer was in this area before 1740, and settlers began arriving by 1750 (this land was in Anson County from 1750-1753 and in Bladen County from 1734-1750; unfortunately, these counties also have many early records destroyed). My Fathers side is Reason shown thru northern and eastern North Carolina Dating back to the 1700s . We also try to do a couple of demonstrations each year to help raise awareness, interest, and participation in the activity we all enjoy. amount of money the immigrant had in their possession. Transportation was an important consideration as well. Also Edward or Thomas Stockstill, Stogsdell, Stogdell. Most of my mothers people were from Tidewater Virginia, and seemed to have skipped North Carolina and settled in South Carolina, before moving into Georgia. Required fields are marked *. westward). Rowan County, North Carolina - Wikipedia The date in the front gable shows when the stone masonry was completed." From the Civil War to 1908 the liquor distilling industry flourished as well. Reprinted with permission from The North Carolina Atlas Revisited. The Swallows dance most Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to about 9:30. Is there any Thomas Dixon or Dickson family living there in the early 1700s. The Club has an annual membership drive every September (usually the second and third Thursdays after Labour Day). THOMAS HEMPH1LL. If you want more information about the Swinging Swallows, visit our nest in the Fellowship Hall of Wesley United Church at 275 Pembroke Street East in Pembroke, Ontario on a Thursday evening, mid-September through mid-April, from 7:00 pm. The Americans apparently surprised the British and opened an irregular but withering fire on FERGUSON's position. Carolina Frontier Settlements He owned 560 acres and died prior to October 21, 1761 when his farm was sold at auction. On a lower Rowan County road, ten miles south of Salisbury, North Carolina, on red clay soil along Second Creek, is located Organ Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized by early German settlers in 1745.